This reminded me of a shair as well but not Ghalibs though.Let me first tell you a lil background about the poem.

So a little more about the poem… I had written the first one when I was supposed to be studying Khairz.Second one which is the English version was for a friend who couldn’t understand Urdu. 🙄

I think it was a good idea that I tried to make an English version since most people understand English.Nonetheless,I love the Urdu one more. ❤ It has more power and obviously originality. 😛 When I had finished the Urdu one I was glad I wrote something which had something to say and might make the reader ponder about life.

To be honest sometime later a thought just hit me.The whole of the poem can be summarised very easily and the funny thing is that it had been,I just didn’t realise it.

The picture that I wanted to display,the message I wished to deliver the reminder that I intended to present was in that poem.The essence however can be put in a few words that were penned by the great poet Allama Iqbal. 😎

He said:

Which transliterates to :

Khuda ne aaj tak us qaum ki haalat naheen badlee,

Na ho jisko khayal aap apni halat ke badalne ka.

More over in the Quran also there is a verse that talks about this!

He just put that in his own poetic style.

“It is a fact that Allah does not change the condition of a people unless they bring about change in their own selves.”(13:11) QURAN

I have been told by people to not ruin poems by trying to translate them or forming other versions,as I like to call it. But do I listen to them?

Nope. 🙄 Never have,never will. 😎

So this is one of those poem which I made two versions of.One is in ENGLISH and the other in URDU.What you have to do is guess which one is the ORIGINAL one.Whether you know both languages or not feel free to comment and let me know what you think. 😀

Oh and firstly I will be posting the English version since majority of my readers here understand English.

Secondly,theUrdu version.I know there are alot of people who understand Urdu as well. 🙂

Lastly, the transliteration.(Note: Roman Urdu and I have had funny incidents.I hope you understand it though.) 😛

So I hope you like the poem and get the message that I intend to present.If you find any mistakes let me know.Please and Thank you!